Utopia SA will be screening the following new releases from Wednesday 13 January 2016:

- Carol (drama; 118 mins, 6+, in EN) at Ciné Utopia from Wed 13 January 2016.

Directed by Todd Haynes and starring Cate Blanchett, Rooney Mara, Sarah Paulson

Synopsis: In an adaptation of Patricia Highsmith's seminal novel The Price of Salt, CAROL follows two women from very different backgrounds who find themselves in an unexpected love affair in 1950s New York. As conventional norms of the time challenge their undeniable attraction, an honest story emerges to reveal the resilience of the heart in the face of change. A young woman in her 20s, Therese Belivet (Rooney Mara), is a clerk working in a Manhattan department store and dreaming of a more fulfilling life when she meets Carol (Cate Blanchett), an alluring woman trapped in a loveless, convenient marriage. As an immediate connection sparks between them, the innocence of their first encounter dims and their connection deepens. While Carol breaks free from the confines of marriage, her husband (Kyle Chandler) begins to question her competence as a mother as her involvement with Therese and close relationship with her best friend Abby (Sarah Paulson) come to light.

- Joy (drama; 123 mins, 12+, in EN) at Utopolis-Kirchberg from Wed 13 January 2016.

Directed by David O. Russell and starring Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro, Bradley Cooper

Synopsis: JOY is the wild true story of Joy Mangano and her Italian-American family across four generations centered on the girl who becomes the woman who founds a business dynasty by inventing the Miracle Mop and becomes a matriarch in her own right. Betrayal, treachery, the loss of innocence and the scars of love, pave the road in this intense emotional and human comedy about becoming a true boss of family and enterprise facing a world of unforgiving commerce. Allies become adversaries and adversaries become allies, both inside and outside the family, as Joy's inner life and fierce imagination carry her through the storm she faces. Like David O. Russell's previous films, Joy defies genre to tell a story of family, loyalty, and love.

For further details, see www.utopolis.lu.